Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
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Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Books library”
end tell
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Encode audio recording as text
Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
Open Mac app
Picks from a dictionary of Mac apps and their IDs, then uses SSH to remotely open the app on the Mac.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Record audio file
Records audio using the phone’s mics, then saves the file and asks you if you want to share it.
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